Eyeglass attachment for suspending supplemental eyeglasses.



'No. 756,984. PATBNTBD APR. 12, 1904.

' W. z. SEARLB.

EYEGLASS ATTACHMENT FOR SUSPENDING SUPPLEMENTAL EYEGLASSES.

APPLICATION FILED AUG. 20, 1903.

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UNITED TATES Patented April 12, 1904.

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EYEGLASS ATTACHMENT FOR SUSPENlllNG SUPPLEMENTAL EYEGLASSES.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 756,984, dated April12, 1904.

Application filed August 20, 1903. Serial No. 170,219. (No model.)

To all whom, it may concern:

Be it known that I, WILL Z. SEARLE, a citizen of the United States,residing at Petoskey, in the county of Emmet and State of Michigan, haveinvented certain new and useful Improvements in Eyeglass Attachments forSuspending Supplemental Eyeglasses, of which the following is aspecification.

This invention provides a peculiar form of suspending means adapted tobe attached to the ordinary form of eyeglasses used as supplementaleyeglasses in connection with the -common nose-clamp eyeglass structureand spectacles also. It is known that many persons find it necessary touse two pairs of eyeglasses or spectacles for reading or short-distancepurposes or for clear sight with reference to long-distance objects. Itis my design, therefore, to provide removable hook devices to beattached to the nose-clamping type of eyeglasses, so that the latter maybe suspended from any of present in use.

I am aware that it is not new to provide a special form of framecarrying the lens,whereby said frame may be used in connection withother glasses with the object above described in view. However, it is mypurpose to provide suspending means in the form of simple andinexpensive hook devices which are adapted to be secured to thenose-guard type of glasses when the latter are to be used supplementaryto other glasses or spectacles.

For a full description of the invention and the merits thereof and alsoto acquire a knowledge of the details of construction of the means foraffecting the result reference is to be had to the following descriptionand drawings hereto attached.

While the essential and characteristic features of the invention aresusceptible of modification, still the preferred embodiment of theinvention is illustrated in the accompanying drawings, in which- Figure1 is a rear View showing one form of the hook devices applied to a pairof glasses. Fig. 2 is a view similar to Fig. 1, illustrating aslightly-different form of hook device by which the supplemental hooksare adapted for suspension from spectacles.

Fig. 3 is a rear the common types of glasses at view showing thesupplemental glasses suspended from a pair of spectacles. Fig. 4 is adetail view of one form of hook. Fig. 5 is a detail view, of the otherform of hook.

Corresponding and like parts are referred to in the followingdescription and indicated in all the views of the drawings by the samereference characters.

In the common form of nose-clamping eyeglasses the spring 1 is securedbetween the spaced ears of a stud 2. The fastening 3-a smallscrew-secures the spring to the stud and at the same time secures theguards 4 thereto, passing through the suspended extensions of the saidguards. The guards 4 are not utilized when the glasses are to be used assupplemental glasses, the hooks 5 being secured to the said glassesinstead of the guards. The hooks 5 comprise the spring-engaging portion6 and the attaching-eyes 7. The attaching-eyes are disposed between thespring 1 and the studs 2 and are secured in place by the fastening 3,which passes through the eyes, securing the hooks rigidly in position.The hooks 5 engage over the shanks of the studs 2 when the supplementalglasses are suspended from the other glasses used by the wearer. Whenthe hooks are to suspend the supplemental glasses or spectacles, theyare of slightlyditferent form from the hooks which are used when thesupplemental glasses are suspended from the nose-clamping type ofglasses, the first-mentioned form of hooksextending do wnwardly andupwardly from the attaching-eye and recurved to form thespring-attaching portions 6. The other form of hooks extend upwardly andrecurve downwardl as shown most clearly in Fig. 1 of the drawings.

The esential-feature of the invention lies in the fact that thesuspendinghooks 5 are readily adapted to be secured to the common formof nose-clamping glasses, it not being necessary to provide a specialform of frame involving a greater cost and undesirable for otherreasons, as contemplated by those inventions heretofore patented andhaving in view my object.

The attaching-hooks 5 may be manufactured in quantities and sold todealers to be affixed to the supplemental glasses by the latter whenthere is a call for this peculiar form of device. The hooks arepreferably made from springwire or the like and are exceedinglyinexpensive, at the same time being universal of applieation.

Having thus described the invention, what is claimed as new is As anarticle of manufacture, an attachment for suspending supplementaleyeglasses, the

same comprising a removable hook device consisting of a single length ofspring-wire having an end portion bent into a loop to form anattaching-eye and having the body portion thereof recurved to provide aspring-engaging portion or shank.

In testimony whereof I aflix my signature in presence of two witnesses.

LEON CHIOHEsTER, W. F. HOPKINS.

